Female child sex abuse ‘remains taboo’ while victims struggle – BBC News
‘Victims of female child sexual abusers face “enormous stigma and shame”, according to police and charities.’
BBC News, 19th January 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: child abuse
Eton teacher jailed for sex offences against pupils – BBC News
‘A former Eton College teacher has been jailed for five years for a string of sexual offences against pupils during “nocturnal” visits to their bedrooms.’
BBC News, 17th December 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Pupils’ historical abuse at London schools claims total £1m – BBC News
‘Nearly £1m in compensation has been paid to dozens of former students at two London private schools following historical allegations of abuse.’
BBC News, 17th December 2020
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Reading school teacher jailed over sex with pupil – BBC News
‘A private school teacher who had sex with a pupil has been jailed.’
BBC News, 17th December 2020
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Granville Gibson: Church dismissed sex priest abuse as drunkenness – BBC News
‘Church officials dismissed claims a priest was sexually abusing young men as “drunkenness”, a report has found.’
BBC News, 17th December 2020
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Grooming gangs come from ‘diverse backgrounds’, says Home Office as review finally published – The Independent
‘Grooming gangs come from “diverse backgrounds”, a Home Office review has concluded. The research, originally promised by Sajid Javid in 2018, was published on Tuesday following a government U-turn. The Home Office previously said releasing the paper would not be in the “public interest”, in response to a Freedom of Information request by The Independent, but committed to making it public after a petition signed by more than 130,000 people.’
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The Independent, 15th December 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Online harms bill: firms may face multibillion-pound fines for illegal content – The Guardian
‘Social media companies will need to remove and limit the spread of harmful content or face fines of billions of pounds, the UK government has announced, as it finally reveals the details of its proposed internet regulation. The online harms bill, first proposed by Theresa May’s government in April 2019, sets out strict new guidelines governing removal of illegal content such as child sexual abuse, terrorist material and media that promotes suicide, which sites must obey or face being blocked in the UK.’
The Guardian, 15th December 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Encrypted messaging putting children at risk of abuse, says watchdog – The Guardian
‘The children’s commissioner for England has warned that end-to-end encryption is putting children at risk of abuse, as a survey finds that most eight-year-olds are using messaging apps supposedly restricted to those aged 13 or older.’
The Guardian, 8th December 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Child abuse carried out under guise of medical treatment, report finds – The Guardian
‘Healthcare practitioners who committed child sexual abuse commonly did so under the guise of medical treatment, which went unchallenged by other staff even when unnecessary or inappropriate because of their position of trust, research has found.’
The Guardian, 3rd December 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Army Cadet leader jailed for nine years for sex offences against boys – The Independent
‘A former Army Cadet leader has been jailed for nine years after pleading guilty to child sex offences committed between 1981 and 1991.’
The Independent, 25th November 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Former Great Ormond Street hospital porter charged with child sex offences – The Guardian
‘A former Great Ormond Street hospital porter has been charged with a series of sex offences against children.’
The Guardian, 26th November 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Eton teacher found guilty of sexually touching students on night-time visits to bedrooms – The Independent
‘A former Eton College teacher has been found guilty of sexually touching students during night-time visits to their bedrooms.’
The Independent, 25th November 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Richard Huckle: Prisoner jailed over ‘poetic justice’ murder – BBC News
‘A psychopathic prisoner who murdered paedophile Richard Huckle in an act of “poetic justice” has been sentenced to a minimum of 34 years in jail.’
BBC, 24th November 2020
Source: www.bbc.com
Vigilante justice: is evidence obtained by ‘paedophile hunter’ groups admissible in criminal proceedings? – 2 Hare Court
‘On 15 July 2020 the Supreme Court handed down its findings in Sutherland (Appellant) v Her Majesty’s Advocate (Respondent) (Scotland) [2020] UKSC 32.’
2 Hare Court, 2nd November 2020
Source: www.2harecourt.com
Jack Mitchell death: Father jailed for manslaughter – BBC News
‘A father who admitted causing the death of his teenage son by shaking him as a baby has been jailed for three years.’
BBC News, 9th November 2020
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Helen’s Law receives Royal Assent – Ministry of Justice
‘Killers who withhold information on their victims could spend longer behind bars.’
Ministry of Justice, 4th November 2020
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Authorities failed to protect Hampshire girl killed by abuser, review finds – The Guardian
‘Police and social workers missed chances to protect a 13-year-old girl who was stabbed to death by a man after she threatened to reveal he had been sexually abusing her for more than a year, an independent review has found.’
The Guardian, 4th November 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Is there a different burden of proof in relation to misconduct cases in which there is a possibility that an employee who works with children may pose a danger? No, says the EAT in K v L UKEAT/0014/18/JW – 3PB
‘The Claimant had been employed by the respondents for 20 years as a teacher. On 30th December 2016 the Police entered his property having been granted a warrant to search for and seize computers in the possession of the Claimant. The warrant was based on intelligence that indecent images of a child or children had been downloaded to an IP address associated with the Claimant. The Claimant lived at the address with his son. One of the computers was found to have data that was of interest to the Police.’
3PB, 2nd October 2020
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
Alfie Gildea: ‘Danger signs missed’ before baby’s death – BBC News
‘Mistakes made by police and other agencies “probably” contributed to the death of a baby boy who was killed by his violent father, an inquest ruled.’
BBC News, 23rd October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rape prosecutions and convictions dropped by half early in UK pandemic – The Guardian
‘Prosecutions for crimes against women and girls in England and Wales plummeted in the first three months of the coronavirus pandemic, reflecting a backlog in the court system exacerbated by the UK-wide shutdown and subsequent social distancing measures.’
The Guardian, 22nd October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
